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National Oilheat Research Alliance at a glance

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National Oilheat Research Alliance

Educate consumers about the benefits of oilheat, to perform research and development, encourage heating oil efficiency and upgrades, and to provide technical training to provide better customer service.

$3.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$489k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$35MCommunity Improvement$3.0MScience & Tech$1.3MFood & Nutrition$35k
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $64k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.3M
$118,586
Median grant
18
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION$488,586
MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION$431,762
CONNECTICUT ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION$423,048
NEW YORK STATE ENERGY COALITION$411,726
EMPIRE STATE ENERGY ASSOCIATION$330,715
MAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION$252,557
FUEL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY$185,410
NORTH CAROLINA PETROLEUM & CONVENIENCE MARKETERS ASSOCIATION$144,902
ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC$130,213
MID-ATLANTIC PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC$118,586
ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND$114,923
VIRGINIA PETROLEUM & CONVENIENCE MARKETERS ASSOCIATION$113,926
OHIO ENERGY AND CONVENIENCE ASSOCIATION$94,603
VERMONT FUEL DEALERS ASSOCIATION$71,285
WISCONSIN FUEL & RETAIL ASSOCIATION$69,139
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $542k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION: $865k → 12%OIL HEAT INSTITUTE OF LONG ISLAND: $328k → 6%UPSTATE NEW YORK ENERGY ASSOCIATION: $294k → 7%NEW YORK STATE ENERGY COALITION: $653k → 7%EMPIRE STATE ENERGY ASSOCIATION: $590k → 11%NEW YORK OIL HEATING ASSOCIATION INC: $326k → 17%CONNECTICUT ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $793k → 7%FUEL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY: $415k → 10%MAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $443k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $522k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION: $840k → 12%NEW YORK STATE ENERGY COALITION: $555k → 7%EMPIRE STATE ENERGY ASSOCIATION: $331k → 11%CONNECTICUT ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $680k → 7%FUEL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY: $383k → 10%MAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $440k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $503k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION: $749k → 12%NEW YORK STATE ENERGY COALITION: $553k → 7%UPSTATE NEW YORK ENERGY ASSOCIATION: $296k → 11%CONNECTICUT ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $578k → 7%FUEL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY: $372k → 10%MAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $410k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $469k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION: $730k → 12%NEW YORK STATE ENERGY COALITION: $438k → 7%CONNECTICUT ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $519k → 7%FUEL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY: $349k → 10%MAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $333k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $432k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION: $635k → 12%NEW YORK STATE ENERGY COALITION: $412k → 7%CONNECTICUT ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $489k → 7%FUEL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY: $295k → 10%MAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $333k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $818k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION: $617k → 12%NEW YORK OIL HEATING ASSOCIATION INC: $299k → 7%CONNECTICUT ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $487k → 7%MAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $313k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $724k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION: $585k → 12%OIL HEAT INSTITUTE OF LONG ISLAND: $280k → 7%CONNECTICUT ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $423k → 7%MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $572k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION: $489k → 12%CONNECTICUT ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $418k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
UT
KY
VA
MD
NC
SC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39M · 30 repeat orgs$342k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
2

Total granted

$39M
$342k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
-21%

Still filing today

57%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementMembership BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PP
    PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.5M · revenue +68% · 49% of their budget
  • ME
    MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.6M · revenue +49% · 94% of their budget
  • ME
    MAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +16% · 31% of their budget

Funded once

  • VP
    VIRGINIA PETROLEUM CONVENIENCE AND GROCERY ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2017 · $193k
  • OP
    OHIO PETROLEUM MARKETERS AND CONVENIENCE STORE ASSOC INC
    one grant, 2017 · $149k · revenue -21%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Maine Energy Marketers Association Education Foundation

Promotion of heating fuels, motor fuels, convenience stores and equipment through educational courses and public education announcements.

Employment
2
Petroleum Association of Wyoming

Represent the diverse interests of petroleum industry members before state and local governmental, regulatory, and legislative authorities. plays a major role in consensus building and promoting issues on behalf of the entire industry in…

Community Improvement
3
Iowa Propane Gas Association

Promotion and development of the liquified petroleum gas industry within the state of iowa and the coordination of its activities to the end that it may serve to the fullest possible extent the best interests of its members and the public;…

Community Improvement
4
Mid-Atlantic Propane Gas Association Inc

To promote and develop the propane gas industry to the end that it may serve, to the fullest extent, the best interest of its members and the public within the mid-atlantic region of the united states.

—
5
Propane Gas Assoc of New Eng Inc

To promote the safe use and operation of propane gas.

—
6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
Florida Petroleum Marketers Association Inc

The mission of the florida petroleum marketers association is to protect the industry and advocate on its behalf. we strive to promote a growth oriented business community in the state of florida and work to ensure that everyone of our…

Community Improvement
8
Fueliowa

The purposes for which this organization is formed are: 1. to promote the interest and welfare of those members engaged in the marketing, distribution, manufacturing or brokering of motor fuel, heating fuel or alternative fuel energy,…

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9
Colorado Petroleum Association

Promotion of the exploration, production, refining, and marketing of oil and natural gas.

Community Improvement
10
Midwest Energy Association

To empower the energy industry through education, leadership development, and industry connections.

—
11
New Mexico Oil & Gas Association

To promote the safe and responsible development of oil and gas resources in new mexico through advocacy, collaboration, and education.

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12
New York Propane Gas Association

The new york propance gas association (nypga) is a member focused trade organization providing services that communicate, educate and promote the propane industry in new york.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York State Energy Coalition Inc; the most unlike its peers is Oil Heat Institute of Long Island Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $5,508,866 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION INCMASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,582,864 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION INCCONNECTICUT ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $4,387,261 · OtherCONNECTICUT ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATIONMAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $2,785,262 · OtherMAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATIONFUEL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NJ: $2,454,902 · OtherFUEL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NJENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $1,746,394 · OtherMID-ATLANTIC PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,471,873 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA PETROLEUM & CONVENIENCE MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $1,311,487 · Other+22 more: $10,731,453 · Other+22 moreNEW YORK STATE ENERGY COALITION INC: $2,610,234 · Membership BenefitUPSTATE NEW YORK ENERGY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,539,165 · Community Improvement
Other$34,980,362Membership Benefit$2,610,234Community Improvement$1,539,165

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $5,508,866 over 8y, 49% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,582,864 over 8y, 94% of budgetMAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $2,785,262 over 8y, 31% of budgetNEW YORK STATE ENERGY COALITION INC: $2,610,234 over 5y, 83% of budgetFUEL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NJ: $2,454,902 over 8y, 35% of budgetMID-ATLANTIC PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,471,873 over 8y, 50% of budgetVIRGINIA PETROLEUM AND CONVENIENCE MARKETERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,045,316 over 7y, 31% of budgetNEW YORK OIL HEATING ASSOCIATION INC: $1,002,111 over 3y, 69% of budgetEMPIRE STATE ENERGY ASSOCIATION INC: $920,631 over 2y, 62% of budgetVERMONT FUEL DEALERS ASSOCIATION: $917,612 over 8y, 31% of budgetOIL HEAT INSTITUTE OF LONG ISLAND INC: $867,491 over 3y, 71% of budgetMICHIGAN PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION: $750,828 over 8y, 16% of budgetKENTUCKY PETROLEUM MARKETERS ASSOCIATION: $413,627 over 8y, 13% of budgetOHIO ENERGY AND CONVENIENCE ASSOCIATION: $303,124 over 3y, 14% of budgetSouth Carolina Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association Inc: $267,528 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetWISCONSIN FUEL & RETAIL ASSOCIATION INC: $199,150 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetINDIANA FOOD & FUEL ASSOCIATION: $35,464 over 5y, 1.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAINE ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK STATE ENERGY COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds FUEL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NJ ↗
  • Who funds ENERGY MARKETERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ↗
  • Who funds UPSTATE NEW YORK ENERGY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MID-ATLANTIC PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA PETROLEUM AND CONVENIENCE MARKETERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK OIL HEATING ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EMPIRE STATE ENERGY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FUEL DEALERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds OIL HEAT INSTITUTE OF LONG ISLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY PETROLEUM MARKETERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds OHIO ENERGY AND CONVENIENCE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds South Carolina Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN FUEL & RETAIL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OHIO PETROLEUM MARKETERS AND CONVENIENCE STORE ASSOC INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA FOOD & FUEL ASSOCIATION ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization National Oilheat Research Alliance funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Oilheat Research Alliance. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Vermont Fuel Dealers Association: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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